Compress a folder with NTFS compression (VBScript)

This code can be found in Chapter 8 of Windows XP Cookbook

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' From the book "Windows XP Cookbook"
' ISBN: 0596007256

' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strComputer = "."
strFile = "<FilePath>" ' e.g. d:\scripts\test.vbs
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
set objFile = objWMI.Get("Cim_Datafile='" & strFile & "'")
WScript.Echo objFile.Name
intRC = objFile.Compress ' To uncompress change this to objFile.Uncompress
if intRC <> 0 then
 WScript.Echo "There was an error compressing the file: " & intRC
else
 WScript.Echo "File compression successful"
end if

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